Word Study · Strong's H3746 · Hebrew
כָּרִי
kari
kaw-ree'
Strong's 1890 spelling: kârîy
“a life-guardsman”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a life-guardsman
Rendered in the KJV as
captains, Cherethites (from the margin).
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- הַכָּרִ֨י1
- לַכָּרִי֙1
How it is rendered · 2
- of the Carian[s]1
- the Carian[s]1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)1
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)1
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- HRd/Npt · 1
- HTd/Npt · 1
All 2, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 11:4לַכָּרִי֙lakaripreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s sonhere: of the Carian[s]
- 2 Kings 11:19הַכָּרִ֨יhakarithe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace by way of the Gate of the Guards. Then Joash took his seat on the royal throne,here: the Carian[s]